Event

CHANTICLEER

Join the St. John's Summit Concert Series for an afternoon of music with the world renowned all-male a cappella group Chanticleer. A reception will follow the performance.

Called "the world's reigning male chorus" by the New Yorker and named ensemble of the year by Musical America in 2008, the GRAMMY award-winning chanticleer perform more than 100 concerts annually. based in san francisco, chanticleer is known around the world for the seamless blend of its twelve male voices ranging from countertenor to bass, and for its origi- nal interpretations of vocal literature, from renaissance to jazz, and from gospel to venturesome new music.

2015-2016 program OVER THE MOON

The moon - the symbol in song, story, poetry and legend of powerful and mysterious female energy that determines and regulates so much of life on our planet. since time began, and since music began to be written, reflections on the influence of the moon in human life have been a favorite subject and continue to be. The heavenly body with the most influence on us remains a mystery.

Over The Moon will include magnificent early statements by Claudio Monteverdi and Antoine Busnois giving way to the more romantic yearnings of Gustav Mahler. The program will also feature works by Elgar, Barber, and Finzi, and a new set of "Pierrot Lunaire" poems set by Nico Muhly.

Equally fascinated by the moon are contemporary composers such as Jaakko Mäntyjärvi and Mason Bates, whose compositions for chanticleer are audience favorites. Popular music is no stranger to the subject. Chanticleer is commissioning new arrangements of "Moon River" and "Fly Me to the Moon". The program will also include more recent songs such as Elbow's "Mirrorball".